BiZZdesign HoriZZon vs SAP Signavio Process Manager comparison

BiZZdesign and SAP are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. BiZZdesign is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.4, while SAP is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.6. BiZZdesign holds a 2.2% mindshare in BPD, compared to SAP’s 9.1% mindshare. Additionally, 77% of BiZZdesign users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of SAP users who would recommend it.

BiZZdesign HoriZZon

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

SAP Signavio Process Manager and BiZZdesign HoriZZon compete in the process management category. Based on the comparison, SAP Signavio stands out due to its collaboration capabilities and user-friendly design.

Features: SAP Signavio Process Manager is known for its collaborative environment and user-friendly interface, assisting teams in effective process modeling and management. It includes version management and process simulation features. BiZZdesign HoriZZon is distinguished by its integration capabilities and comprehensive analytical tools, supporting diverse modeling notations for enterprise architecture management.

Room for Improvement: SAP Signavio Process Manager users seek enhancements in its user interface and workflow management, alongside better predictive analytics and integration abilities. BiZZdesign HoriZZon could improve its REST API usability for data retrieval and exportation, and simplify its complex interface to reduce the learning curve.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Signavio Process Manager provides flexibility with deployment options across public, private, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Its customer service is generally responsive, though some users report declining support for the on-premises model. BiZZdesign HoriZZon offers deployment on public and private clouds and is backed by reliable customer service, but users face challenges due to interface usability.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Signavio Process Manager offers negotiable pricing options, with licenses seen as having high value despite some considering costs steep. It provides ROI through enhanced process efficiency. BiZZdesign HoriZZon, while expensive, justifies its pricing with comprehensive features resulting in recognized ROI for users, albeit emerging for some.

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Categories and Ranking

BiZZdesign HoriZZon

Ranking in Business Process Design

11th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (6th)

SAP Signavio Process Manager

Ranking in Business Process Design

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of BiZZdesign HoriZZon is 2.2%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Manager is 9.1%, up from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design

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BijoyTalukder

Enterprise Architect at Tata Consultancy

Helps to get a clear overview of our enterprise architecture, especially when dealing with multiple departments

One area where BiZZdesign HoriZZon could use some improvement is in its REST APIs. While the platform offers REST APIs, they have limitations when it comes to retrieving and exporting data. Obtaining detailed information at the individual application or component level, including IDs, costs, and deployment-related data, can be challenging through these APIs. This limitation makes it difficult to smoothly export such granular data. I have raised this issue with the BiZZdesign team, and they expressed interest in addressing it, but I'm not aware of the current status of this improvement effort. Nonetheless, improving the usability and flexibility of the REST APIs for data extraction is an area that could enhance the platform's capabilities.

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Cirvesh-Daga

Director at T-Systems International GmbH

Good visual representation for modelling and business process mapping but room for improvement in reporting functionalities

There is room for improvement in analytics. People don't realize it, but the world has changed in the last six to eight months. Customers want to see AI like ChatGPT and ML capabilities in all aspects of business processes and reporting. That would be my recommendation for any OEM in this value chain. Reporting could definitely be improved. I would like to see new features in analytics. I like that they analyze the process and give it to me visually, but I'd like the option to use DPMM instead of just DPC. I'd also like the option to have the process map laid out top to bottom instead of horizontally. Especially a choice between DPMN and EPC as a format. Because there are some people who are very comfortable with the EPC notation. The process is very clearly event-driven. There's an event, there's an action. It's very simple to understand. BPMN, which is the most popular business process notation, generally tends to have multiple frames. Actually, in multiple swimlanes rather. And those frames could each represent a particular kind of entity. Maybe it's an action, maybe it's an actor, maybe it's an event. So there are two different ways of notation. I just like Signavio to give us the ability to choose that notation. Because some companies use BPMN and some use the EPC. And then, if the minute you make that change, I'd like them to give us the flexibility of having an already plotted or vertically plotted option. Moreover, I would like to see improvement in the visual part. It's the piece that needs improvement. Currently, you can plot the diagram horizontally or vertically. However, I'd like the option to change the way the diagram is created, like switching between different notations.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The tool's most valuable feature is that its collaboration part is very good."

"I like the flexibility of the modeling part for standards like ArchiMate and, at the same time, BPMN. It allows us to connect elements from different areas and to have a single repository and a single source of truth. It gives us one place to do analysis throughout the organization."

"The enterprise studio where the modelling happens is valuable."

"This is one of the best tools, especially because of its collaborative nature. Anyone using it can access previous projects and related data. It's definitely a strong collaborative tool."

"The powerful editing function in teamwork project-based, common or shared modeling, based on a powerful repository and knowledge sharing in a portal are the most valuable features. These are the most important features for me. I can add the integration of individual modeling notations like Archimate plus BPMN and DMN, and so on. We travel from one location to another and the tool allows us to keep track."

"I used BiZZdesign HoriZZon at two organizations. At Manchester Metropolitan University, I used it with a small team for architectural modeling of the student record system. We modeled teams, process objects, and their interactions with applications. We also used it to model a gradual rollout with plateaus showing migration over time. At the BBC, I used it to model software services for publishing content online. I showed key model views to senior stakeholders using Horizon, allowing them to modify and score applications and services."

"The most valuable features are the application, portfolio, data, architectures, and modeling things."

"The most valuable feature is that it allows you to work with different methods, using the same tool."

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"The Collaboration Hub is especially useful for collaborative tasks and ensuring transparency across teams."

"I rate this solution a ten out of ten."

"The features I find most valuable are ease of use and the Collaboration Hub."

"We could increase the transparency and speed for the new ERP introduction. The status and changes by the new system are now clear to everybody and it is a great tool to train the people."

"The drag-and-drop functionality in Signavio is impressive and user-friendly, allowing easy connection to other elements without the need for excessive back-and-forth."

"The visual representation is extremely powerful and easy to use in process modeling and analysis. I can show it to someone who doesn't know business process mapping, and they still understand because it's visually presented. It becomes easy to explain variants and what needs to change."

"I use SAP Signavio Process Manager to model processes to the former operating model."

"It is a scalable solution."

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Cons

"There could be simpler modelling."

"We tested it, and we had support from BiZZdesign, including patches, but it just didn't do what we wanted."

"The users of BiZZdesign should be able to enter their data or make modeling changes via HoriZZon."

"The repository of duplicate objects is bad."

"It lacks capabilities with regard to infrastructure modeling."

"This tool is something of a beast - it takes a long time to learn, and it isn't possible for casual users and most architects. Unless a person spends 500 or 1,000 hours on the tool or does very concentrated sessions using all its functionalities, it's very difficult to master."

"One area where BiZZdesign HoriZZon could use some improvement is in its REST APIs."

"Integration definitely needs improvement. There are some restrictions. We've seen that it doesn't integrate with everything we might expect."

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"I find it difficult to figure out how I can better align this solution with my KPIs."

"It is not easy to learn the product."

"From what I have experienced when I worked with a process team, we would like to work with dummy process diagrams. Right now, I don't know if I would set up a process as a dummy, since it very often gets mixed up with diagrams in production. There are many process diagrams linked to the production environment. I would like to have some kind of sandbox to work with. That would be very good. I don't even know if they already have it, but I would certainly like that."

"SAP Signavio Process Manager's UI is not user-friendly. Its pricing is also high."

"It's very user-orientated, which is why I gave it a high rating, even if it is not perfect in every corner."

"If you start from scratch then I think this product would be ideal, but if you already have something then it may or may not suit you."

"It could be more flexible from a customization point of view, where the user is able to display only whatever he needs."

"There is a lot of room for improvement. We've submitted a lot of OSS requests for special inputs we need, like glossary or dictionary entries in Quick Model. Currently, that's not functional."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In terms of this particular product usage, my clients currently only use per-user licenses."

"If one is very cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a seven out of ten."

"We were customers and bought licenses from them. We used their remote instance initially but upgraded to the on-device version due to lag. For pricing, we paid about 2200 pounds a year per seat for the client installation at an educational rate. I'm not sure about commercial rates. I managed to get a free copy at BBC since it was for evaluation purposes."

"First and foremost within the scope of improvement for the solution would be the cost. It's very costly..."

"I haven't found any issues with the scalability and licensing parts that are access-related."

"The pricing model is slightly on the high side and could be more competitive for long-term partnerships."

"The price is reasonable."

"[The] Orbus... pricing model was based on every single functionality having a price. The pricing was comparable but if we wanted to scale, it would have ended up being a lot more expensive. BiZZdesign gave us one price with all of the functionality, and we could scale as much as we needed."

"The solution is quite expensive compared to other vendors."

"SaaS has no setup cost, just licensing fees."

"Comparatively, it is a bit costly when you look at similar tools with similar features."

"I rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten."

"It is expensive. The license is monthly."

"I found the pricing of the solution to be moderate compared to other choices."

"We are only able to use the free academic licenses because we have a financial constraint. We are not able to pay for commercial licenses to use this kind of tool."

"This solution provides really great value for the money."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

26%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

This is one of the best tools, especially because of its collaborative nature. Anyone using it can access previous projects and related data. It's definitely a strong collaborative tool.

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What needs improvement with BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

The ability to generate charts and deal with a use case involving Kibana was quite difficult. We don't use the chart functionality much, and I think that is quite problematic at the moment. We have...

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What is your primary use case for BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

I use the solution in my company for all sorts of things, like enterprise and solution architecture. As part of our design process, BiZZdesign HoriZZon is used for road mapping. We also use it for ...

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Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?

SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...

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What do you like most about Signavio Process Manager?

The visual representation is extremely powerful and easy to use in process modeling and analysis. I can show it to someone who doesn't know business process mapping, and they still understand bec...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signavio Process Manager?

Due to its SaaS nature, it is slightly challenging as a BPM tool. The pricing could be reduced further. I don't have the exact figures, but I believe it can be lowered because it's cloud-based.

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Also Known As

HoriZZon

Signavio Process Editor

Overview

Make smarter decisions and optimize outcomes by unifying all your strategy, capabilities, operating models and change portfolios in a single platform.

With all the data about your business in one place you can see the big picture and make properly informed strategic decisions to drive growth. Bizzdesign Horizzon brings together strategy, IT architecture, operating models, data, capabilities, change portfolios and ideas into a single, intuitive collaborative business design platform. Real-time visibility of key metrics and trends allows you to take action more quickly. Accelerating the speed and accuracy of your operations now – and into the future.

Core Platform Capabilities:

Multi-discipline collaboration
Data Integration
Advanced analytics
Models and Roadmaps
Governance & Security
Business Insight Graph

BiZZdesign

The Signavio portfolio of web-based business transformation solutions helps companies to understand and optimize all of their business processes quickly and at scale, providing instant insights for informed decision-making. Signavio’s intuitive analysis, change management and execution solutions around process excellence include use cases like digital transformation, operational excellence and customer-centricity, placing them at the heart of global organizations.

Over 1 million users in more than 1,500 organizations worldwide rely on Signavio products to make processes part of their company’s DNA. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Signavio was founded in 2009 to address the need for a collaborative approach to process management.

Signavio was acquired by SAP in the first quarter of 2021. For more information, visit www.signavio.com

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Sample Customers

T-Mobile, Shell, HSBC, Erasmus University, VIVAT Insurance

DHL, Coca Cola EP, Prudential, Zalando, T-Systems, Jabil, Endress+Hauser, Rakuten

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